Planter.



R. H. GRIFFITH.

PLANTEB.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.14. 19x1.

1,039,275, Patented Spt.24,1912.

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GRIFFITH, OF BELLEVUE. OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE OHIO CULTIVATOE COMPANY, 0F BELLEVUE, oruo, A CORPORATION or'o fIo;

PLANTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2'4,

Original application filed October 10, 1910, Serial- No. 586,181. Divided and this'applicet ipn filed August 14,

" To all w ll 0m t may concern fleriall No. 586,1'8ha/ml relates to planters and more particularly tosupports for fiu rrow openi-ng shovelsfor planters of various kinds.

I 'Theobjeot, of the inwenil ion is to provide an adji'istzrble support for "a furrow-opei-iingshovel' which will permit the shovel to be adjusted to various angles; and further. top'rovide a device of this character which will .he' of a; very simple easily operatedcons't-ruetlion and which will enable a: very fine adjnst men-tof theshovel to be secured.

Further, i-t 'is an .ohjcet of the invention to mount on the support for the furrowopen ingls'horel a subsoiling shovel and to provide means for actuating said support tw .ralse .un'd lower the furrow-opening '-'shovel and the suh-soilersimultaneously withoutaffecting the angular adjustment of the furro'w'wopem'ng shovel.

, In the -mecon-rpanying drawings,v Figure 1 iszr side elevation of a portion on a planter showing my invention applied thereth-f and 2 1s a vertical, sectional view ta-ken through the,shovel" support and showing the adj sting mechanism in elevation.

in these drawings l! have ill ustratqrd' one embodimentof my nvention and have shown the same as applied to a: phinter .eon'iprising a man-n frame 1 hzwlng an axle 2-]ourna-l'ed in bearings 3 carried by said of two members rigidly connected one to :11. distance suflici'ent. toreceive the shank 7,

than a vertical movement.

the other nuclei-rangedbetween two longitudinalguidebarsfi rig dly secured at; their opposite ends to and forming a: part of the main frame. .These bars have rollers 9 moon-ted between them and spaced apart thus constituting a guide wlric-h effectually prevents any movement of the shank other The shank is also further guided at a point above the "ma-in fraunc, this being accomplished, in the present instance by two guide bars 10 spaced apart to receive the shank and hav mg roliersll to engage the front and rear ed ges thereof after the manner of the rollers ;-9. The forward ends ofthe guide bars 10 extend downwardly and forwardly and are rigidly seci-n'ed-to the main frame. rear port-ions of these bars are connected to the main frame by Inea nsof hrace hams iextending downwardly and laterally therefrom. Vertical movement may he imparted to the, shank 7 in; any suitable manner, but this is preferably accomplished by meansof' an operatingmember, such. as a: lever 1-3 which is rigidly secured to one end of a shaft 14-. This shaft is here shown an a 30 .sqmrre shaft and is mounted in bushings 15 which are journzllcdin bearings 16' carried by the main frame. Rigidly secured to the shaft 14 and extending forwardly therefrom are two arms 1-7 arranged one oneach side of ,the shank 7 and connected thereto by means of links 18. Consequently. the movcment of the lever 13- and the rota-tioirof the shaft 14 will raise or lower the shztnlr,.a{3; cording to the direction of movement of the lerer. The lever ei's preferably provided.

with the usual spring-pressed dog 19 adapted to eoiiperate wit-h a toothed segment 20-, to retain the handle, in adjust/ed positions.

Thefnrrow-opeuing shovel may be seeured to the lower endof the shank in. any approved manner, but- I prefer to. provide means for. so connecting the shovel tothe shank that it can, at the will of the operator, be adjusted to different angles to the ground line, and further to provide means by which shovels of different stylesmay'he operatively connected to the shank. Both of these re sults are accomplished by pivotally connecting a. supporting member 21 tothe lower end of the shank on a transverse axis and providing means under the control of the operator for moving the supporting 'memher about its pivotal center. A shovel 22 may-be secured to this support-in i ny suitiii able manner, this being accomplished, in the "present instance, by means of a bolt 23. In

the construction here shown theshovel-supporting member 21 is arranged between the "two members comprising the-shank 7 and has a rearwardly extending projection. or

.arm 24 to which is pivotally connected the lower end of a rod 25 which extends upwardly and has its upper end-extending through and g'uidedby a bushing 26 carried by a bracket 27 rigidly secured to the upper end of the two members of the shank and constituting a part of the shank. The upper end of the rod is screw-threaded and has mounted thereon a nut 28 which bears upon the upper end (if the bushing 26- and controls the movement of the rod 25, 'and, co"nsequently, the movement of the support and its shovel. The nut is preferably provided with a handle 29 to facilitateits movement and the-adjustment of the shovel. By. this means the shovel can be'readily adjusted by the operator, 11nd, owing to the use of the but on the screw-threaded bolt to accomplish this adjustment, the parts will be locked in their adjusted positions as soon as the movement of the nut ceases. By so adjnsting'the support the shovel carried thereby can-becaused to extend at various angles to the ground line and may thus be accom undated to varying soil conditions. Furlhenthis adjustment "of thesupport permits nhm'eis. of different styles to be mounted ihereonand supported at the proper angle the ground l ne. Arranged in the rear of the furrow opener and operatively connected with the lever 13 a sno-soiler. This preferably comprises a shovel 0, somewhat smaller in size than the furrow-opening shovel, mounted on a support 31 carried by an arm 32 which extends upwardly and thence forwardly and is rigidly secured at its forward end to the shank 7 of the furrow opener. Rigidly secured to the upwardly extending portion of the arm 32 a shield 33 which surrounds the lower end of the grain spout 34. In this manner the furrow opener, sub-soiler and shield are caused to move in unisonby the operation of the lever 13. I

The manner of feeding the grain to the grain spent and the manner of covering the same form no part of the present invention and are, therefore, not shown or described in detail in the present application, it being ob .vicus that the controlling devices for the furrow opener andsub-soiler can be utilized in connection with various forms of planting mechanism.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description of the mechanism that the operation of'the controlling lever will simultaelevate the furrow-opening shovel neousl V and t e sub-soiler, andfurther, that the angle at which'the furrow-opening shovel engages the ground may be quickly and easily adjusted by the-manipulation of the handle 29; that, owing to thescrew-threaded connection betw eenthe handle and the adjusting-rod no locking means is'necessary as the handle will be retained automatically in the position in which vitstops,

I wish it to be understood-that while I have shown and described one form of my invention, this is chosen for" the purpose of' illustration only and I do not wish to be limited to the details ,of construction shown and described for'obvious modifications will occur to one skilled in the art.

- Having thus fully describedniy. invention,

4 what I claim as new. and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A planter comprising a frame, ground wheels therefor, a vertically adjustable shank carried by said'frame, a shovel support mountedon said shank and adjustable to support said shovel at different anglesto the ground line, and an adjusting device connected 1th said shovel support, extending above said frame and capable of movement with and independently of said shank. 2. A planter comprising a frame, ground wheels therefor, a vertically ad ustabl e shank carried by'said frame and consisting of two members spaced apart, a shovel support mounted on said shank and adjustable to support said shovel at different angles to 

